An exciting opportunity has arisen on ward 9 which is a 38 bedded respiratory ward.
We are looking for motivated Healthcare Assistants to join us in delivering excellent standards of care. In this role you can look forward to a career full of development opportunities and the support from an excellent team of healthcare professionals – working alongside a group of hardworking, friendly, supportive and dedicated nursing team.
You will be an enthusiastic, friendly, reliable and hardworking individual who is passionate about patient care. You will be primarily assisting the nursing team with care of the patients and will facilitate the smooth running of the ward. Respiratory care also plays a big part of your role and additional training is available. You need to be driven and prepared to deliver high quality care and attention to detail at all times.
In return we can offer you a supportive working environment as well as training and development to meet your needs. If you have an interest in developing your clinical knowledge and skills as well as welcome service development and innovation then we are interested in hearing from you.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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• To undertake agreed clinical activities including collection of urine and faecal samples, swabs, recording of fluid intake/output, changing of stomas and urine drainage bags, catheter care, recording of pulse/temperature/blood pressure/saturations and MET scoring, and to advise the team nurse of any changes in a patient’s condition
• To assist patients to eat and drink as required, assisting in menu selection and being aware of special diets and cultural requirements
• To enable and assist patients to maintain their personal hygiene
• To contribute to the safe movement of patients, using equipment to mobilise and move patients, after mobility assessment, to ensure patient comfort
• To answer the ward telephone as required
• To assist with discharge procedures
• To maintain patient records
• To tidy rooms and bed areas, and to clean and strip beds and remake after patient discharge, dealing with disposal of soiled linen as per policy
• To ensure ward equipment is suitably maintained and cleaned frequently
This advert closes on Thursday 31 Oct 2024